Volume 25 Issue 9

HOH-LD-News
Vol. 25, Issue 9
November 26, 2005

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Table of Contents
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- Article 1: Strategies for Enacting a Hearing Aid Tax Credit - Part 2

- Article 2: Disability Groups Call for Internet Legislation

- Article 3: ICE on Your Pager or Cell Phone

- Article 4: Reader Reactions to SHHH Name Change

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- Article 1: Strategies for Enacting a Hearing Aid Tax Credit - Part 2
By Joan Cassidy
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Editor: Hopefully you're already aware of the effort to enact a hearing aid tax credit. Many of the national hearing loss associations are campaigning for the passage of bills that would make this a reality. It looks like this bill will be considered soon, and your representatives need to hear from you! Steve Frazier of the Albuquerque SHHH chapter has built a great website with all the information you need to be well informed and to urge your congressional representatives to support the bills. Please point your browser to http://www.nowhearthis.homestead.com/

Joan Cassidy, NVRC's Loudoun County Outreach Specialist covered the Hearing Aid Tax Credit workshop at the last SHHH convention. Here is her report. This is Part 2 of 2 parts.

If you'd like to share this article, please be sure to credit NVRC. (See credit at the end of the article.)

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Moderator: Andy Bopp, Hearing Industries Association

Panel:
Brenda Battat, SHHH
Jodi Chappell, American Academy of Audiology
Karen Sealander, International Hearing Society

Jodi Chappell: Capitol Hill 101

All politics are local. Members of Congress want to hear from their constituents on issues of importance.

Communication tips:

Courtesy is appreciated. Be honest in your discussions. Do your homework and know the facts. Share your personal story, show that impact on lives is more important than cost. Be brief, limit call or letter to one or two issues.

Understand that Congressional staff members are critical. They make policy recommendations. Staff are young but powerful, can make or break legislation. Websites give current staff names.

Getting in touch:

Letters can take up to two weeks because of special security checks. You may get a form letter in reply so follow up with phone call saying, "You didn't tell me how you feel about the bill."

Emails are popular, but they receive massive amounts, so better to direct emails directly to the staff person in charge of health care issues. Put "constituent" on the subject line so they know it's coming from a voter. Send emails on Wednesday and Thursday - less email received those days. Keep email short, give your mailing address.

Best way to get in touch is by fax. Use a letterhead on your fax (can just be your home address) and send it directly to staff member for Health care issues.

When calling, you can reach members through the Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121. Ask for Health Care assistant. Follow up conversation with thank you note.

Meeting with Congress:

Make an appointment through the Scheduler. Arrive on time, be prepared, be clear and include personal testimony. Send thank you after your meeting - very important.

August Recess is good time to meet in the District/State office. Fax a meeting request to the scheduler with suggested dates and times - indicate flexibility. Identify issues that you would like to discuss and why they are important to you.

Contact SHHH National if you need more information before you call or visit.

Questions from audience:
Q. Why is Gallaudet not included on list of supporting organizations?
A. Because it is a university and receives Federal funding

Q. Does AARP support the legislation?
A. No. They have a policy that they will not support non-refundable tax credits. They will not support any tax legislation that is not income based. They want a fiscal cap on cost. This credit would apply to everyone regardless of income level.

Q. Can we learn lessons from the fight to get insurance coverage for cochlear implants?
A. Implants are a surgical procedure so most insurance will cover them. There is no Cochlear Implant exclusion in Medicare like there is for hearing aids. Also implants are low incidence with only 85,000 worldwide. Hearing aid population is huge - 20 million in US alone.

Q. Uncorrected hearing loss leads to lower wages and less taxes.
A. Good point especially for children who have a whole lifetime ahead.

Q. If you claim the hearing aid tax credit, can you claim the rest of the cost as a medical expense on your tax form?
A. Yes. If the aid cost $1,500 you can take the $500 tax credit and itemize the remaining $1,000 as a medical expense in the same tax year.

Q. If 30% of hearing aids end up in dresser drawers, why should taxpayers subsidize the hearing aid industry?
A. Better services needed to make sure the hearing aids work for that person. More satisfaction with newer hearing aids.

Q. Why are co-sponsors for the bills so important? Can't a member just say he supports the bill?
A. Co-sponsorship shows political support and strength of support - like getting a ride on a train leaving the station.

Q. Any likely vehicles for this tax credit?
A. Outlook for this year is not looking good, but we need to be ready.

Q. How many co-sponsors are needed to get bill to floor?
A. 100 in the House and 20 in the Senate will make it a viable bill. Key people on House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee are very important. Committees get together and make decisions. This legislation is bi-partisan and has support on both sides.

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(c)2005 by Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC), www.nvrc.org. When sharing this information, please ensure credit is given to NVRC.

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Stay informed and protect your rights! The Eye on
Washington (EOW) is a national advocacy ezine published by
the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) that focuses on
activities occuring on Capitol Hill that affect deaf and
hard of hearing civil rights.

The EOW is open to all, members and non-members. It is
distributed once a month, sometimes more.
http://www.nad.org/eNewsletters

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- Article 2: Disability Groups Call for Internet Legislation
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Editor: A coalition of groups representing people with disabilities is calling on Congress to mandate access to Internet-based products and services for people with disabilities. The specific needs vary with the disability. For people with hearing loss, captioning of Internet-based video is high on the list; readily available broadband access is a priority for those who use the Video Relay Service (VRS).

As everything from telephone service to television broadcasting moves to the Internet, the failure to require that these services be accessible when provided on the Internet is a step backwards for those with disabilities. Perhaps the clearest example involves television captioning. Beginning in January, 100% of new programming that is broadcast over cable, satellite, and airwaves must be captioned. But if the same programming is broadcast over the Internet, there is NO captioning requirement.

The unregulated expansion of Internet services is a serious threat to our hard-won accessibility rights, and we need to act to ensure that appropriate requirements are placed on services that use non-traditional media.

Here are portions of a press release on this topic from the National Association of the Deaf (NAD).

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Silver Spring, MD - The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), joined by other disability organizations listed at the end of this press release, called upon Congress to enact legislation mandating disability access to Internet-based products and services by the end of this Congress. The nation needs broadband, everywhere, now, and at affordable rates - this is true for no one more than people with disabilities.

Following up on testimony presented at last week's hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, given by NAD governmental affairs consultant Frank Bowe and delivered on behalf of 16 national, state and local organizations of, by, and for people with disabilities, Kelby Brick, NAD Director of Law and Advocacy, said:

"People with disabilities use communications technologies every day that were not even in existence at the time our nation's communications laws were last amended. The 1996 Telecommunications Act did not contemplate instant messaging, email, video relay, peer- to-peer video or such handheld devices as the Firefly and the Tictalk.

"Although the 1996 Act contained disability provisions for access to telecommunications products and services, it was mainly limited to those used with the public switched telephone network, not the Internet. As a result, people with disabilities will only gain equal access to today's communications infrastructure and services if Congress acts to extend these protections to Internet-enabled products and services."

Individuals are urged to contact their representatives in Congress by taking action at: http://www.nad.org/BroadbandBillAction

Dr. Bowe testified on behalf of the Alliance for Public Technology, the American Association of People with Disabilities, the American Council of the Blind, the American Foundation for the Blind, the Association of Late-Deafened Adults, the California Coalition of Agencies Serving the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Inc., Communication Services for the Deaf, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center Inc., Inclusive Technologies, the National Association of the Deaf, the Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons, Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, TDI/Telecommunications for the Deaf Inc., WGBH National Center for Accessible Media, and the World Institute on Disability.

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Dr. Bowe further noted that communications manufacturers and service providers have had ten years to become familiar with the accessibility needs of Americans with disabilities. The House staff discussion draft would extend the same accessibility requirements to new Internet-enabled products and services. Because today's communications products and services make extensive use of software, and are rapidly upgraded, he said, the disability community believes that making these accessible to and useable by people with disabilities will be neither costly nor technologically demanding if done during the design stage.

Dr. Bowe concluded his testimony by stating: "Critically important disability access provisions will come about only if Congress enacts an updated framework for telecommunications."

Today, our organizations reiterate his words and call for immediate Congressional action to guarantee access to all of the exciting and innovative Internet-enabled products and services that are entering the marketplace, as well as many sure to follow in the coming years.

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- Article 3: ICE on Your Pager or Cell Phone
by Susie Pearce
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Editor: One of the good emergency preparation ideas I've seen is the inclusion of an ICE entry on your cell phone or pager. "Huh?" you say!

That's not a reference to frozen water, but rather to a universally recognized way to put emergency contact information on your phone or pager.

This article is reprinted by permission of Disaster News Network www.disasternews.net

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An ICE storm is blanketing the U.S. - an "In Case of Emergency" campaign, that is.

Emergency management officials across the U.S. are urging people to store the word ICE in their mobile phone address books, then enter the number of the person to contact in case of emergency.

"In an emergency situation, ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them," explained Les Kerr, law enforcement coordinator with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri. "For more than one contact name, type ICE1, ICE2, ICE3, and so on."

The campaign - which was launched in May in Britain - has taken off in the wake of the London bombings earlier this month. It's the brainchild of British paramedic Bob Brotchie, who found that most people don't carry emergency contact cards - but many of them carry cell phones.

ICE is catching on in the United States. Emergency management officials in Florida, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and other states are publicly supporting the concept, reporting it helps everyone from families to sheriff's offices. Paramedic's offices nationwide are now being advised to search ICE on the cell phones of people they're treating.

The ICE acronym allows emergency officials to quickly access the right names from a cell phone's address book. It can save valuable time, since many people identify family members only by name in their cell, making them indistinguishable from other entries.

The campaign is not without its difficulties. Someone besides an emergency responder could call an ICE contact from a lost or stolen cell phone. And many cell phone users use password protection on their phones, and cell phones also might be damaged during a disaster or an accident. That's why people should also keep a card of emergency contacts in their wallet or purse.

Still, since inputing ICE is free and relatively easy, it's worth the effort, agreed emergency response officials.

ICE has caught on so quickly it already sports its own hoax counter-campaign. A hoax e-mail is traveling around the Internet informing people that the ICE prefix would let hackers into a cell phone. No such danger exists, said emergency management officials and cell phone companies across the board.

Disaster responders are using the ICE campaign for their own families. Entering ICE on a cell phone can be an especially good idea for children and teenagers who may have no driver's license or photo identification.

Mary Gaudreau, director of care ministries for the Oklahoma Conference of the United Methodist Church, found out about the ICE campaign when she received an e-mail from emergency management officials. "I got on it right away," she said, adding that her family now uses ICE. Gaudreau sent a family e-mail containing a list of family emergency contact names and numbers. "They could enter them into their phones easily," she said.

The Center for Peace, a Muslim community center in central Florida that has offered both immediate and long-term response to that state's many hurricanes, also publicly urged people to participate. "Please take a moment to program someone that you would like to be contacted in case of an emergency into your cell phone with the word ICE," urged the center. "Public safety officials around the world will know what this means."

There are currently 192 million cell phone users in the United States, and ICE is widely regarded by responders as a common-sense step that could could make a positive difference.

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- Article 4: Reader Reactions to SHHH Name Change
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We got a fairly mixed response to our request for comments on the SHHH name change. The majority of folks who contacted us think it's a positive change. Reasons given included the difficulty of pronouncing and discussing the old name, and the fact that it took so long to explain what SHHH stands for.

A couple of readers didn't like the name change and didn't understand the reason for it. They like the old name's reference to self-help, because they believe that's the most important part of what SHHH does.

One reader also noted that the new name of the organization is "Hearing Loss Association of America", not "The Hearing Loss Association of America". I expect that'll be a source of confusion for a while!

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- Classifieds
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Five Employment Opportunities appear in this issue. (Ads appear after this brief table of contents.)

Employment Opportunity 1
Various Opportunities
GLAD
Various Southern California Locations

Employment Opportunity 2
Director, Early Education Programs for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB)
Colorado Springs, CO

Employment Opportunity 3
Superintendent
Illinois School for the Deaf
Jacksonville, IL

Employment Opportunity 4
Educators
Illinois School for the Deaf
Jacksonville, IL

Employment Opportunity 5
Multiple Opportunities
Illinois School for the Deaf
Jacksonville, IL

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Employment Opportunity 1
Various Opportunities
GLAD
Various Southern California Locations
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GLAD is an Affirmative Action Employer with equal opportunity for men, women and people with disabilities. For more information on the following positions, go to: www.gladinc.org. The status of all positions is: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt, Full Fringe Benefits unless otherwise noted. All positions are open until filled.

JOB DEVELOPER/INTERPRETER in Anaheim and Pacoima
Brief summary: Employment services offered at GLAD assist deaf and hard of hearing individuals with job information, job training, job placement and accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Co-located at 5 Employment Development Department (EDD) Offices and at each local office. The programs under employment services are: Job Readiness Training, Workplace Accessibility, Job Development, Placement and Follow-up.

COMMUNITY ADVOCATE in Cypress
Brief summary: Under the supervision of the Regional Center Director, the Community Advocate will assist deaf and hard of hearing consumers in the area of communication access via TTY relay, document translation, and other duties, provide advocacy in the areas of social security, education, employment, consumer affairs, and others, record statistics on a daily basis related to provision of services, counsel deaf and hard of hearing consumers with problems related to personal and family adjustments, finances, employment, food, clothing and housing, assists deaf and hard of hearing consumers with independent living skills, educate the deaf and hard of hearing community about various laws and programs benefiting and protecting the rights of deaf persons such as Department of Rehabilitation and Social Security policies and the ADA, etc., work with the Resource Advocate regarding updates of the Directory of Resources, refers consumers to community resources and other organizations, secure information and resources beneficial to the department pertaining to social security, immigration, mediation, etc. through workshops, seminars and through networking with other agencies, some typing and other light office duties as necessary, driving is required as part of the job, perform such tasks and responsibilities as may be delegated

COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR - Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in Los Angeles
Brief summary: Under the supervision of the Director of Health Services, using the guidelines of the assigned scope of work provided by the California Department of Health Services' Community Challenge Grant, the Community Health Educator will: Provide teenage pregnancy prevention and education services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing youths, adults and parents in Los Angeles County using the "Be Cool...Sign NO to Sex" curriculum; Plan and implement daily activities; Coordinates Family PACT clinic referrals/linkages; Coordinates Passport to GLOW; Conduct "Young Deaf Parents Village" program; Provide mentoring program; Conduct individual and group sessions and events to target groups; Prepare quarterly progress reports and maintain tracking system; Identify and obtain culturally appropriate materials, including videos, written materials, brochures and other outreach materials; Design flyers to promote project activities; Develop/revise curricula, educational materials and training modules; Attend collaborative meetings; Conduct local and statewide evaluations; Perform some typing and other light office duties as necessary; Driving is required as part of the job; Perform such tasks and responsibilities as may be delegated by the Deputy Director.

COMMUNITY INTERPRETER - Los Angeles
Brief summary: Under the supervision of the Los Angeles Regional Director, the Community Interpreter will interpret assignments as delegated by the Interpreter Referral Specialists and/or Regional Director for assignments that can range from routine medical appointments, staff meetings at large companies, formal speeches (platform interpreting), press conferences or any other situation that requires communication access. Assignments will depend on level of interpreting skills, record statistics on a monthly basis related to provision of service, in-house tasks such as answering phones and providing information and referral to general public as needed, assist Interpreter Referral Specialists with filling assignments as needed, perform other duties assigned by the Regional Director and/or the CEO.

COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR-HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM - Los Angeles
Brief summary: Work under the supervision of Director of Health Education/Services to implement the assigned scope of work; Schedule and implement outreach encounters, individual counseling sessions and multi-session workshops on HIV Risk Reduction to deaf woman and sexual risk and men having sex with men (MSM); Maintain calendar of sites, dates and times; Make necessary referrals for high-risk women and MSM; Work collaboratively with subcontracted Outreach Specialist for recruitment and project related activities; Administer risk assessment and behavior commitment forms; Identify barriers and procure culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS materials including videos, written prevention and outreach materials; Responsible for reviewing, developing and modifying prevention curricula and materials; Prepare bulk mailing for brochure, promotional and educational materials; Gather statistical information for program evaluation purposes; Prepare progress reports; Perform clerical, typing and other office duties; Extensive fieldwork; ability to travel to throughout Los Angeles county, driving is required as part of the job; Perform such tasks and responsibilities as may be delegated.

HIV PROGRAM INTERPRETER - Los Angeles
Brief summary: Perform all duties and tasks as outlined in the HIV Interpreting program scope of work; Interpret initial HIV antibody test and results; Interpret in a variety of HIV/AIDS related services for people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS; Update and maintain a pool of qualified HIV-trained interpreters to assist with interpreting assignments; Promote the availability of interpreter services to the deaf community and service providers; Implement survey to assess client satisfaction of interpreter services provided; Generate monthly reports and IMACS for the Office of AIDS Programs and Policies; Record statistics on a monthly basis related to provision of service through IMACS; On an as needed basis, the HIV Program Interpreter will interpret in a variety of community settings as dispatched through LIFESIGNS Department; Perform such tasks and responsibilities as may be delegated.

If interested for any of these positions then please submit resume and application to:
Jeff Fetterman
Human Resources Specialist
Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc.
2222 Laverna Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90041
V/TDD: (323) 550-4207
Fax #: (323)550-4204
E-mail: jfetterman@gladinc.org

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Employment Opportunity 2
Director, Early Education Programs for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB)
Colorado Springs, CO
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The Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB), located in Colorado Springs at the foot of the beautiful Rocky Mountains, invites you to consider our employment opportunities. Interested persons are invited to visit CSDB's website at.... http://www.csdb.org, where the job announcement for this position may be found in its entirety (including minimum qualifications, responsibilities, and application instructions), under Non-Classified Employment.

CSDB is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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Employment Opportunity 3
Superintendent
Illinois School for the Deaf
Jacksonville, IL
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The Illinois School for the Deaf, in Jacksonville, Illinois, announces an upcoming vacancy for the position of Superintendent. Applications are due February 15, 2006, with a planned start date of June 1, 2006.

Duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

Planning, organizing and directing comprehensive programs of education, habilitation, child care and research.

Directing and supervising a large and complex staff of educators, child care personnel, social workers, recreation workers, housekeeping, dietary, clerical and maintenance personnel, providing comprehensive education, habilitation and residential services program for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Planning and directing all professional and management programs for the entire school.

Formulating the budgetary requests for the school and approving all expenditures.

Qualifications:

Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to four years college, prefer a Bachelors degree in deaf education, supplemented by a Specialists degree in Education Administration or a Doctor of Philosophy in education, preference in deaf education. Requires three years administrative experience in the field of education of children and adolescents. Must possess a valid administrative Type 75, K-12 Certificate with a Superintendent's endorsement or qualify for a Superintendent's endorsement. Must have knowledge of deaf culture and meet the requirement of advance level of the sign communication proficiency instrument (SCPI).

Application Information:

If interested in applying for this position, please send via e-mail or regular mail, your resume to:

Marjorie Olson
IL Department of Human Services
Division of Rehabilitation Service
400 W. Lawrence
Springfield IL 62794-9429

217-524-1379 (Voice/TTY)

DHSVR29@dhs.state.il.us

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Employment Opportunity 4
Educators
Illinois School for the Deaf
Jacksonville, IL
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State of Illinois
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
DIVISION OF REHABILITATION SERVICES
Illinois School for the Deaf

All educator positions are for the 2005/2006 school year. Salary range is from $28,896 to $52,116 per year, based on the current IFT contract.
All educators duties include but are not limited to:
- Preparing and coordinating Individual Education Plans (IEP).
- Preparing lesson plans; presenting daily instructional/learning activities based on the IEP.
- Encouraging the development of good habits and cooperation; utilizing sign language in daily performance of duties.
- Evaluating program; making recommendations for program improvements and revising the course of study.

Classroom Educators requirements:
- Bachelors Degree in Deaf & Hard of Hearing with a Type 10 certificate
- Additional certification in Learning Specialist 1 & 2 preferred
- Requires fluency in sign language

Automotive Technology Educator
Construction Trades/Woods Educator

- Providing instruction to Jr Hi & High School students who are deaf or hard of hearing, in the areas of automotive body repair, automotive mechanics, automotive detailing and small engine repair or woods and basic construction.
Vocational Educator requirements:
I. Bachelor's Degree, a valid teaching certificate or the ability to obtain one.
II. Ability to learn sign language.

For more information Contact Personnel at ISD, 125 S. Webster, Jacksonville, 62650, 217-479-4224. ISD is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Illinois School for the Deaf is to educate students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing to be responsible, self supporting citizens.

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Employment Opportunity 5
Multiple Opportunities
Illinois School for the Deaf
Jacksonville, IL
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Illinois School for the Deaf is currently accepting applications for the following positions:

Media Center Director

* Provide administrative direction for the school's media/technology program & curriculum department.
* Research, plan, develop and write new grants. * Manage present grants.
* Direct the adaptation, design & production of video taped, graphic & audible materials.
* Requires a Masters Degree with an Instructional Material Supervisory certificate or Type 75 certificate. Experience in grant writing and advanced sign language skills based on SCPI.

Assistant High School Principal

* Supervise, evaluate and provide leadership to educator and support staff
* Confers with Evaluation, Residential & Business staff in implementing effective programs.
* Makes recommendations for immediate & long-range improvement of existing education and related support programs.
* Requires a Masters Degree in Education, with an emphasis in Deaf Education . Minimum 3 years teaching experience & Type 75 certificate. Advanced sign language skills based on SCPI.

Contact:
ISD, 125 Webster
Jacksonville, Il 62650
217-479-4224 (voice/TTD)
E-mail:
Web: WWW.MORGAN.K12.IL.US/ISD
The State of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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